ZAMREN

Optimising Moodle for Remote Teaching and Learning Webinar

Capacity Building, Members, Stories, ZAMREN / By / May 6, 2020

In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, where at least 1.3 billion students and learners across the planet are affected by closure of schools and universities, academic institutions are frantically exploring different platforms for online teaching and learning. To assist institutions choose and adopt standard and efficient platforms and tools, UbuntuNet Alliance is running a …

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Mulungushi University Seeks Deputy Vice Chancellor

Members, Stories, ZAMREN / By / April 7, 2020

MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY, ZAMBIA COUNCIL OFFICE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: POSITION – DEPUTY VICE CHANCELLOR The Council of Mulungushi University through the search committee invites applications for this exciting opportunity at an institution with palpable momentum from suitably qualified candidates for the position of Deputy Vice-Chancellor. 1.0 About the University Mulungushi University, which has distinguished itself as a …

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UbuntuNet Alliance Community bids farewell to outgoing ZAMREN CEO, Bonny Khunga

Members, Stories, ZAMREN / By / April 1, 2020

The Chairperson of UbuntuNet Alliance, Prof. Stephen Simukanga has led the UbuntuNet Alliance community in sending heartfelt farewell messages to outgoing CEO of the Zambia Research and Education Network, ZAMREN, Bonny Khunga who has retired from his position after serving for 9 years. Bonny retired from his post effective Tuesday, 31st March 2020. Following the …

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UbuntuNet Alliance CEO visits KENET, ZAMREN and RENU

Members, Stories, ZAMREN / By / October 15, 2019

As he continues to settle in his new role, UbuntuNet Alliance CEO, Dr. Matthews Mtumbuka recently paid courtesy call visits to three Member NRENs of KENET in Kenya, ZAMREN in Zambia and RENU in Uganda where he also visited the UbuntuNet Alliance Network Operating Center (NOC) at the UbuntuNet Alliance office in Kampala. Dr. Mtumbuka …

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ZAMREN demonstrates NREN meaningful synergies with public and private connectivity infrastructure owners

Connectivity, ZAMREN / By / September 22, 2016

One of the prominent challenges most African National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) are struggling to deal with is the lack of ownership of connectivity infrastructure mainly due to funding hiccups. Most of these NRENs are however operating alongside public and private telecommunication companies and organisations that own infrastructure such as fiber optic  backbones that …

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RENU, ZAMREN foster collaboration through an engineer training workshop

RENU, ZAMREN / By / September 22, 2016

In a bid to strengthen the spirit of collaboration and sharing among NRENs in the UbuntuNet Alliance membership region, the Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU) extended an invitation to the Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) to nominate and send a network engineer from its community to help facilitate a Scalable Campus Network …

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ZAMREN Growing Eduroam Service

eduroam, ZAMREN / By / September 21, 2016

Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) is currently extending the reach of its eduroam services. Eduroam is a service that allows users from participating institutions to gain secure access to wireless network using their standard username (email format)/ and password credentials as they do at their home institution for wireless access. It is based on a federated …

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NUANCE – November 2014

AfricaConnect, Health Science, UbuntuNet Connect, ZAMREN / By / September 19, 2016

Pan-African research and education network to be realized soon “We are convinced that working together, the dream of a pan-African research and education network will be fulfilled soon, through the junction of the UbuntuNet Alliance, West and Central Africa Research and Education Network (WACREN) and Arab States Network  (ASREN) in North Africa,” Said Dr Boubakar …

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NUANCE – March 2014

eI4Africa, NSRC, Repository, Scholarship, Training, WACREN, ZAMREN / By / September 19, 2016

#ScholarAfrica: Promoting the Discoverability of Africa Scholarship By Michelle Willmers Curate to participate! This was one of the central messages emerging from the ‘Discoverability of African Scholarship Online’ workshop hosted by the OpenUCT Initiative in Nairobi on 10–11 March 2014. Sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation, the workshop brought together 25 representatives from African research agencies …

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NUANCE – February 2014

Council of Members, eduroam, GEANT, Health Science, IST-Africa, KENET, SudREN, UbuntuNet Connect, ZAMREN / By / September 19, 2016

Call for Abstracts: UbuntuNet-Connect 2014 – Infrastructure – Innovation – Inclusion Submit an abstract for the 7th UbuntuNet-Connect 2014!. The conference will be held in Lusaka, Zambia from 11 to 12 November 2014 and will be hosted by Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN), the NREN of Zambia. The theme for this year’s conference is …

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